Tag: Half Lion and Half Man

What were the lion like men of Moab, and why did the Bible differentiate them from actual lions? There are many verses in the Bible that should make us take a step back and wonder what exactly was going on in those times. Some of the stories are so outrageous that people just refuse to accept them at face value. Yet when we look back at history within the context of our time, we can understand some of the strange events in the Bible to be literal.
“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:” – 2 Samuel 23:20
What exactly were the Hebrews dealing with in the time of David? First we have Goliath and now two “l